Tube filling machine



April 13, 1954 H. PuLs 2,574,958

TUBE FILLING MACHINE Filed Dec. 2, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l v f mm @Qu Sq.mm ww :lul @n n w mm April 13, 1954 H. PULS TUBE FILLING MACHINE 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 2, 1948 INVENTOR Henman 'zzZ/s CM ATTORNEYSPatented Apr. 13, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TUBE FILLING MACHINEHerman Puls, New York, N. Y.

Application December 2, 1948, Serial No. 63,072

2 Claims. l

The present invention relates to automatic machinery for the filling oftubes of pastry with predetermined amounts of material.

Unless the pastry or other open ended tubes can be filled at arelatively high rate of speed in a sanitary manner and with a minimum ofhandling, the cost of manufacture of the finished product may be toohigh to admit of sale at popular prices and unless the filling isuniform and the filling operation is performed without breaking orcracking strain upon the fragile tube and without spreading lling ontheexterior of the tube with resultant disguration thereof, the productis likely to be unsalable.

It is accordingly among the objects of the invention to provide anautomatic iilling machine for expeditiously charging tubes of pastry orthe like with a predetermined amount of material without manualhandling, without contamination and Without crushing, cracking, breakingor spattering of such tubes and for release from the machine of thenished product without injury thereto, or adhesion of filler to themachine.

Another object is to provide a machine for automatically forming, bakingand filling such tubes and discharging such lled tubes without crackingor breaking thereof, which machine is compact and rugged inconstruction, which functions with a minimum number of operating parts,none of which is delicate or apt to become out of order, which machineis capable of continuous operation at a relatively high speed for longperiods without attention, and the working parts of which are readilyaccessible for maintenance and repair and the cost of upkeep of which islow.

While the invention in its broader aspects embodies the lling ofpre-fabricated open ended tubes of pastry or the like, a specicembodiment is concerned with a machine for automatically forming, bakingand iilling such tubes, and while the forming and baking may beperformed in other manners, it is preferred to utilize as that elementof the more elaborate machine of such specific embodiment, the bakingmachine shown and `described. in my co-pending application now PatentNo..2,563,856 oi August 14, 1951.

:According to one aspect of the invention, a

plurality of upright pastry tube carriers are provided mounted on aconveyer therefor. the carriersV is a self-contained unit having a Eachof movable door on which the lower open end of a pastry tube may restand a plurality of operat 4ing `stations are provided to feed a bakedpastry tube into successive carriers and to ll the baked tubes with apredetermined charge `of material.

Means are provided to effect relative step by step movement between saidcarriers and said operating stations, the latter only functioning whenthere is no relative movement between the operating stations and thecarriers. Desirably the filling station is so constructed and arrangedthat its discharge nozzle is slightly spaced from and may be verticallyaligned with the open upper ends of successive pastry tubes in theupright carriers as the latter are advanced. In addition means areprovided, coacting with the movable floors of the carriers in sequencesuccessively to release said lled pastry tubes during the course of therelative step by step movement between the operating stations and thecarriers.

According to another aspect of the invention, a plurality of operatingstations are provided automatically to form and bake pastry tubes, tofeed such baked pastry tubes successively into a plurality of uprightcarriers, to charge each of such baked pastry tubes with a predeterminedamount of` materialand to discharge such filled tubes from saidcarriers.

In a specific embodiment of the machine herein chosen to illustrate myinvention, the carriers are identical each comprising a vertical tubeaixed to a horizontal endless conveyor chain and having a pivoted,horizontally movable closure plate at the bottom thereof. Through atransmission from a main drive, the conveyor is advanced in a step bystep movement so that each carrier thereon will successively pause at asequence of operating stations, each of which is actuated by acontinuously rotating cam driven through a transmission from the maindrive and means are provided at one of said operating stations toinject, in sequence, a predetermined charge of material into each ofsaid baked pastry tubes and at another of said operating stations topivot said closure plates away from the bottom of said carriers, also insequence for release of said iilled pastry tubes therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings inu which are shown one or more of variouspossible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal cross section of the apparatus incorporated ina pastry tube baking machine,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the pump taken along line 3-3 ofFig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of a carrier taken along line 4-4of Fig. 1 and,

lGeneral construction Referring now t the drawings, the machinecomprises a bed 2| supported by a conventional frame 22, which framealso supports a base 23 aixed thereto beneath bed 2|. Journalled in aball bearing 24 which extends through an opening 25 in bed 2|, is avertical shaft 21, the lower end 28 of which extends beneath base 23 andis journalled in a ball bearing 29 affixed to base 23. In order toprevent shaft 21 from sliding through bearing 29, a collar 3|isprovided, affixed to the lower end 28 of the shaft 21. A circulartable 3l having a hub 38 is positioned on the upper end of shaft 21 andsecurely affixed thereto.

An intermittent drive mechanism is provided to effect step by steprotation of table 37. This mechanism comprises a vertical drive shaft 44journalled at its upper end 45 in a ball bearing 46 under and affixed tothe bed 2| of the machine by a bracket arm 41 and at its lower` end 48in a ball bearing 49 affixed to base 23. To restrain drive shaft 44 fromaxially downward movement in its bearings 46 and 479, a collar 52 isprovided, securely affixed to the lower end 48 of the drive shaft 44.

Afiixed to the upper end 45 of drive shaft 44 which protrudes beyondbearing 46, is a disc 56 which forms part of a Geneva drive mechanism.Disc 56 has an upstanding pin 51 near the periphery thereof which coactswith the notched rim 58 of a drive plate 59 aflixed to shaft 21.Illustratively, there are twenty-four notches S2 in rim 58 so thattwenty-four complete rotations of disc 56 would be required for onecomplete rotation in intermittent 15 degree steps of shaft 21 to whichplate 59' is affixed.

To rotate the drive shaft 44, a motor M is provided preferably mountedupon base 23 of the machine. The motor is connected by a shaft 63 to areduction gear box 64 which, as it is itself conventional and forms perse no part of this invention, will not be described in detail. Thereduction gears in gear box 64 rotate a bevel gear 65 which coacts witha corresponding bevel gear 66 affixed to drive shaftJ 44 to rotate thelatter. Affixed to table 31 near the periphery thereof by screws 68 andequally spaced thereon, are a plurality of support arms 69,illustratively twenty-four in number, extending radially of andprotruding as at 1| beyond the periphery of table 31. Each of theprotruding ends 1| of radiating arms 69 has a mold 12 affixed thereto byscrews 13, which molds and the operation thereof have been described indetail in my co-pending application above identified and hence will notbe further described.A Y

In order to form a tube from the dough with which the mold is charged, ahorizontal plunger rod or core 16 is provided for each of the molds.Each of the plunger rods is slidably mounted at one end in thecorresponding one of a plurality of bearing openings` 11 in upstandingrim 18 of circular hub 19 which rises from and is aflixed to the centerof table 31 by screws 89. The other end of each of the plunger rods isslidably 4 mounted in a bearing bushing 8| of its associated mold 12.

To heat the molds 12, an oven 82 is provided, which in the embodimentherein, preferably comprises an arcuate gas pipe 83 affixed to the bedof the machine by brackets 84 and extending about the arc defined by theouter ends of the molds. The arcuate length of pipe 83 is such that atthe required operating speed of the machine to give the maximum feasibleoutput, it will give the correct period of heating without overbaking orunderbaking the pastry tubes.

Extending radially inward from pipe 83 are a plurality of pairs of gasoutlets 85, each pair forming a yoke. The pairs of outlets 85 arepositioned along pipe 83 so as to be spaced from each othei by adistance equal to that between the outer ends of consecutive molds. Thusafter each intermittent movementof table 31 by the intermittent drivemechanism therefor, one of said pairs of outlets will be verticallyaligned with an associated mold to straddle the same. The outlets eachhave a plurality of openings 86 therein, positioned so that the gasflame therefrom will play upon the top and bottom of the mold for equaldistribution of heat thereto.

It is of course to be understood that other types of ovens could be usedsuch as electric ovens, it being important only that the heat bedistributed equally over the mold to provide even baking of the contentsthereof.

In order that the baking of the tubes of pastry be automaticallyperformed, a plurality of operating stations are provided about thetable 31.

' The operations performed at these stations include the charging of themold, the introduction of the plunger rod or mold core to form thepastry tube and after baking in the oven, the removal of the mold coreand the subsequent removal of the baked tube from the mold.

The operations at the various stations are performed in' timed relationfrom a cam shaft driven from motor M. This cam shaft may be in the formof a sleeve 92 encompassing shaft 21, and retained against slidingmovement along Vsaid shaft 21 by resting upon a collar 93 affixed tosaid shaft. The cam shaft is driven through a transmission, comprising asprocket Wheel 81 affixed by a set screw 83 to drive shaft 44 beneathbearing 46. An identical sprocket wheel 89 is affixed by a set screw 9|,to cam shaft 92. By means of a sprocket chain 95 encircling sprocketwheels 81 and 89, cam shaft 92 will be rotated one revolution for eachrevolution of drive shaft A cam 96 is affixed to cam shaft 92 by setscrew 91 and has an additional cam 98 on the under face thereof, cams 93and 98 actuating the pastry tube removal mechanism.

During the operation of the baking machine thus described, the molds aresuccessively opened, filled with a predetermined amount of dough, closedand locked, a plunger rod or core introduced into the charged mold toform a tube therein, the plunger rod locked in the mold, and afterbaking in the oven, the plunger rod or core is unlocked and removedtherefrom, the mold is unlocked, and the mold is opened. As suchoperations have been described in detail in my co-pending applicationabove identified and per se form no part of this invention they will notbe further described.

In order to remove the baked pastry tube 99 from the mold after plungerrod 16 has been removed therefrom and the mold has been opened, ahorizontally and vertically reciprocable pick up pin is provided, asshown in Fig. l. To carry the pin, a discharge plate |02 is pro- Vvidedpreferably tilted as shown in Fig. 5. The

plate on one edge thereof has a flange |03 with an outwardly extendingbushing bearing |04 afrixed thereto near the top thereof, through whichbearing said pin extends. The lower end of the plate has a bushingbearing |06 extendset screw |4.

To reciprocate horizontal pin |0|, a transmission is provided actuatedby cam 96. This transmission comprises a substantially upright lever ||5pivoted at its lower end ||6 to a bracket ||1 aixed to base 23 andhaving a roller ||8 at its `upper end in engagement with cam 96. Lever||5 is connected to a substantially upright lever |9 by means of apitman |2| pivoted at its ends as at |22 and |23 to the respectivelevers. Lever ||9 is pivoted at its lower end to a bracket |24 aflixedto base 23 and its upper end protrudes through a slot |25 in bed 2| andis pivotally coni nected to rod |01 by means of a pitman |26 pivoted atits ends as at |21 and |28 to lever ||9 and rod |91, the pivotalconnection of pi'trnan |26 thus permitting the horizontal pin |0| to bemoved vertically and horizontally.

By means of a coil spring |3| aiixed at one end to lever ||9 as at |32and anchored to base 23 as at |33, roller ||9 is maintained in constantengagement with cam 96 so that lever ||9 follows the latter.

To move horizontal pin 0| vertically, a transmission is providedactuated by cam 99 beneath cam 96. This transmission comprises asubstantially horizontal lever |94 pivoted near its midsection as at ona bracket |36 afixed to base 23. One end of lever |34 adjacent cam 98has a roller |31 thereon in engagement with the face of cam 99. The freeend of lever |34 has a pitman |38 pivotally connected thereto as at |39,the upper end of the pitman being pivotally connected as at |4| to avertical plunger rod |42 slidably mounted in a bushing |43 affixedbeneath bed 2| by bolts |44. The upper end of rod |42 is securelyaffixed by set screw |45 to hub |45` affixed to bushing |06 on plate |02as by welding or the like.

The construction thus far described is not per se claimed herein as itis the subject of my copending application above identied.

Pastry tube filling mechanism According to the present invention fromits broader aspects the lling machine comprises a horizontal conveyor`having a plurality of selfcontained carrier units mounted in uniformlyspaced relation thereon, each to carry a baked pastry tube. Each of saidcarrier units desirably the upper ends of vertical stud shafts |56 andl|64 respectively. Shaft |56 is rotatably mounted in and extends above abearing |51 rigid with a transverse support rod |58 mounted on laterallyextending arms |59 and |5| rigid with one end of frame 22. Transverserod |58 which extends beyond arm |6| at right angles thereto has a.bearing |62 rigid therewith at the end |63 thereof which rotatablymounts vertical stud shaft |64 extending above said bearing.

Although any convenient mechanism could be used for advancing sprocketchain |68, as illustratively shown herein, the intermittent drivemechanism shown and described in my co-pending application aboveidentiied is desirably utilized. To this end a horizontal sprocket wheel|50 is affixed by set screw |5| on the lower end 28 of shaft 21extending beneath bed 23 and connected by means of a sprocket chain |53to a horizontal sprocket wheel |54 aiiixed by set screw |55 to the lowerend of vertical stud shaft |56.

Preferably the carrier units |1| a plurality of which are provided, eachcomprises an upright cylindrical tube |12 open at both ends and having adared mouth |13', the tube being of diameter slightly greater than thatof the pastry tube to be inserted therein. The carriers |1| are eachaffixed to the sprocket chain |68 so as to be advanced thereby by meansof a pair of vertically aligned, spaced, parallel webs |15 rigid withthe wall of the tube |12 and extending laterally therefrom, each pair offingers straddling the sprocket chain |63 and being aflixed theretopreferably by the pins |16 which assemble the links of the sprocketchain.

The wall of the tube 12 at the lower end thereof has a laterallyextending lip 11 (Fig. 4) rigid therewith, on which is pivotally mountedas at |18, a horizontally movable closure plate |19, positioned beneathlip |11 and normally urged beneath the open bottom end of tube |12 toclose the latter, by a torsion spring |8|. One end of said spring isanchored in each plate |19 and the other end is abutted on therespective vtubes |1|. In order to prevent spring I8! from pivotingclosure plate |19 past the bottom of tube |12 an upstanding stop |89 isprovided rigid with the edge of the closure plate which will abutagainst the wall of the tube |12 when the closure plate is beneath theopen end thereof. Closure plate |19 has a laterally extending nger |32preferably integral therewith, which may engage a trip arm |84 anixed atone end |95 to rod |58, and having its other end |65 in the path of thengers |82 as the sprocket chain is advanced in the manner hereinafterset forth, whereby the closure plates |19 may successively be pivoted toopen the bottoms of the carriers.

The sprocket chain |68 is so positioned that the flared mouths |13 ofthe carriers |1| after each stepping movement of the sprocket chain,will successively be beneath and vertically aligned with the end |98 ofa vertical discharge chute |89 at the pastry tube insertion station. Thechute is rigidly affixed to the frame with the mouth |9| thereofsubstantially vertically aligned with the lower end |90 of asubstantially U-shaped trough |92 aflixed on the inclined face ofdischarge plate |02 at an angle thereto, and substantially diagonallythereacross with the concavity |83 of the trough extending upwardly asshown.

In order to ll the baked pastry tubes 99, a pastry tube charging stationis provided comprising a pump |96, which although it could be of anysuitable type, desirably comprises, as shown in Fig. 3, a casing 20|which contains the material with which the baked pastry tubes 99 are tobe filled.y The casing 29| which has a filling port 202 on the 'sidewall thereof is aliXed as at |91 to a horizontal ledge |93 mounted onthe bed 23 of the machine by upright brackets |99. The casing 20| has ajacket 203 around the lower portion thereof, coaxial therewith andspaced therefrom to provide room for heating means such as an electricheating element 209 to heat the contents of the casing.

Extending upwardly from the iloor 294 of the casing 29| and affixedthereto over an opening 205 therein is a sleeve 236 in which is slidablymounted a piston 201 the upper end 201 of which extends above thesleeve. Ailixed to the rim of opening 295 and extending therebelow is anexternally threaded nipple 298. The latter has a ball seat conformation29e at the upper end thereof on which is seated a ball 2| i normallyretained on said seat by a coil spring 2 i2 positioned in the bore ofsaid nipple and retained therein by the tapered wall 2|0 of the bore ofdischarge nozzle or sleeve 2|3 threaded on said nipple. As is shown inFig. l the discharge nozzle 253 is positioned over the flared mouths ofthe carriers il! so that it may be vertically aligned therewith and isonly slightly spaced from such mouths.

In order to permit the contents of casing 22! to enter the sleeve 205,the latter has an opening 2|5 in the lower end of the wall thereof aboutwhich is mounted a ball valve 2i9 which, as it is conventional inconstruction, will not be further described.

To agitate the contents of the casing so as to prevent hardening orcongealing thereof, an agitator member 22| is provided which mayccmprise an inverted cupshaped member aiiixed as at 223 to the upper end201 of piston 2M and having a plurality of lateral, radially extendingngers 224 on the rim thereof.

To actuate the pump a pitman 225i is provided pivotally connected as at229 at its lower end to the upper end of the piston, extending throughan opening in the top cover 22? of the casing,

`and pivotally connected at its upper end at 228 to one end of a lever229 pivotally connected near its mid point to an upright bracket 23|ailixed on ledge |93.

The free end of lever 229 has a cam roller 232 thereon which rides onthe surface of a cam 233 and is retained thereagainst by coil spring 23dafilxed at one end to lever 229 as at 235 and at its other end to ledge|99 as at 239. Cam 233 is aflixed by set screw 23? to a vertical studshaft 238 rotatably mounted at its lower and upper ends respectively inbearings 239 and 24| affixed to ledge I 98 and to lateral member 292,the latter being supported by standard |99. n order to rotate stud shaft238, the latter has affixed 'thereto beneath bearing 213| a sprocketwheel 2% which is operatively connected by sprocket chain 244 to asprocket wheel 24.9 affixed to shaft 4.4.

As motor M through transmission 93, drives the gears in reduction gearbox 54, the coacting bevel gears 65 and 693 will rotate drive shaft i4together with sprocket wheel 8'.' and disc 5G. As disc 56 rotates, theupright pin 5l thereon will engage one of the twenty-four notches S2 indrive plate 59 at each complete revolution of disc E, thereby steppingdrive plate 59 through 15 degrees or one twenty-fourth of a revolution.Thus, shaft 21 to which drive plate 59 is affixed will also move onetwenty-fourth of a revolution as will table 3l to which molds 'l2 areailixed. It is apparent, therefore, that it will reduire twenty-fourstep by step movements of table 3l for each mold thereon to make onecomplete revolution through the baking cycle heretofore described.

'As sprocket wheel 8l rotates, it will rotate sprocket wheel 89 by meansof sprocket chain 95, thereby driving cam shaft or sleeve 92 and thecams thereon; It is to be noted that while drive plate 59 isintermittently stepped through a complete revolution, sleeve 92 will becontinuously rotating.

When a mold 'i2 has been opened in manner described in my co-pendingapplication above identified, and the baked pastry tube 99 therein isaligned with pin |9I, at this time, the low portion 931 of cam 96 Willhave rotated so that it is now against roller ||0 of lever H5. As leverH5 follows cam v96 and is moved inwardly, coil spring |3| will pivotlever H9, thereby sliding rod |0'i in bushing |06 to move pin |0Iinwardly through bushing |04 into the bore of the baked pastry tube 99in the mold.

When the pin i0! has entered pastry tube 99, cam 92 will thereuponengage roller i3? on lever i3d to pivot the free end of the latterupwardly, thereby lifting rod |42 and with it plate |02 on which pin |0|is mounted, and with it baked pastry tube 99 to remove the latter fromthe open mold. Continued rotation of cam 96 to its original positionwill move its high portion 962 against roller H9 of lever H5. Throughthe transmission from the lever ||5 topin |0|, the latter will be movedoutwardly through bushing |913. As this occurs, the end of pastry tube99 will abut against the bushing |94 and as the pin is completelywithdrawn from the bore of pastry tube 99, the latter will be releasedto fall into trough |92 and slide down the latter into the mouth 9| ofdischarge chute |39. The continued rotation of cam 98 will lower thefree end of lever |34, to lower plate |02 and pin |0| thereon so that itis ready for the next mold.

The discharge end |88 of the chute |89 at this time is verticallyaligned with the flared mouth of one of the carriers lli and by reasonof the larger diameter of the carrier the pastry tube 99 may readilyenter therein without danger of jamming, with the lower end of thepastry tube resting on the oor or closure plate of the carrier. Thecarriers are so spaced on sprocket chain |68 that with each step of theshaft 2l and table 37 thereon which will align a mold 'l2 with pin iti,a carrier lll will be advanced by the transmission from sprocket wheel|50 on shaft 21 until it is vertically aligned with the discharge end|93 of chute |99 and hence as shaft 21 rotates, pastry tubes will bedischarged into sucoessive carriers.

When the stepped movement of sprocket chain |68 has moved a carrier VHinto vertical alignment with dischargenozzle 2|3 of the pump |96 thepastry tube in such carrier must be filled. To this end cam 233 en shaft238 contacts roller 232 on lever 229 to pivot the latter and forcepiston 293 into sleeve 29S thereby compressing the material therein andforcing ball 2|| off its seat 269 so that such material may pass throughnozzle 2li-3 into the pastry tube 99.

As nozzle 2|3 is directly over the bore of the pastry tube and onlyslightly spaced therefrom and as cam 233 is relatively small and steep,the piston 20'! will be given a rapid thrust to insure injection ofmaterial into the bore of the pastry tube without chance of suchmaterial spattering on the outside of the pastry tube which in additionto disguring the pastry tube would harden and cause the pastry tube tostick in its carrier with resultant malfunctioning of the machine. Thepressure created by this thrust will close ball valve 2|6 to sealopening 2|5 thereby ensuring that a fixed quantity of material will beejected each time.

Once roller 232 has passed over the high portion of cam 233, spring 234will quickly pivot lever 229 to lift piston 201 thereby creating asuction in the sleeve 206 which will seat ball 2H on its seat 209 toseal the discharge nozzle 213 and open ball valve 2|6 so that materialin the casing 29| can enter the sleeve 206 through opening 2|5.

This operation is repeated with each stepping movement of the sprocketchain so that successive pastry tubes 99 may be filled.

es the sprocket chain |68 is intermittently advanced, the end |86 of xedtrip member |84 will successively engage fingers |82 on closure plates119 to pivot said closure plates horizon tally to open the bottoms ofthe carriers 11| thereby enabling the lled pastry tubes to slide outtherefrom into a suitable receptacle (not shown). As each carrier movespast trip member |84, the finger |82 of closure plate |19 will bedisengaged, and spring IBI will pivot the closure plate back so that itagain closes the bottom of the carrier. If the material with which thepastry tube is filled should adhere to the closure plate, by reason ofthe horizontal movement thereof the bond would be sheared without dangerof cracking or breaking of the bottom of the pastry tube.

Ii desired where material such as liquid chocolate is used to iill thepastry tubes, cooling means (not shown) may be provided along the pathof movement of the carriers to hasten the hardening of such material.

The machine herein can operate for many hours without supervision,requiring as it does only an adequate supply of material. If any of thecarriers should require repairs or cleaning, it is a relatively simplematter to replace them with new units thus reducing the lay-up time oithe machine.

As the pastry tubes are not manually handled from the time that they areinitially formed until they are discharged from the filling machine,there is no danger of contamination thereof or of cracking or breakingthereof. Hence the finished product Will be sanitary and as it may beproduced at a relatively high rate or" speed with practically no waste,can be sold at a low price.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that allmatter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine for baking and illling tubes of pastry, of the typecomprising a frame, a table mounted on said frame, a plurality of moldsaffixed to said table, a motor, means actuated by said motor forsuccessively forming pastry tubes in said molds, and a conveyor mountedon said frame; the combination therewith of a plurality of carriersaffixed to said conveyor, means to remove the contents of said molds,said removing means comprising a substantially upright plate, meansaixed to said frame to lift said plate, a pin slidably mounted on saidplate transversely thereacross, radially aligned with said molds and injuxtaposition with the periphery of said table, means `aiiixed to saidframe to reciprocate said pin, whereby when said pin is moved towardsaid mold, it will enter the pastry tube therein, and when said plate islifted, said pin will lift such pastry tube from said mold, means whensaid pin is moved away from said mold to remove said pastry tube fromsaid pin, a trough on said plate rigid therewith and extendingsubstantially diagonally thereacross, whereby said pastry tube may beinserted into said carriers, means successively to charge said pastrytubes,

\ and means successively to remove the charged pastry tubes from saidcarriers.

2. In a machine for baking and filling tubes of pastry, of the typecomprising a frame, a table mounted on said frame, a plurality of moldsaifnxed to said table, a motor, means actuated by said motor :forsuccessively forming pastry tubes in said molds, and a conveyor mountedon said frame; the combination therewith of a plurality of carriersaiiixed to said conveyor, means to remove the contents of said molds,said removing means comprising a substantially upright plate, meansaiiixed to said frame to lift said plate, a pin slidably mounted on saidplate transversely thereacross, radially aligned with said molds and injuxtaposition with the periphery of said table, means affixed to saidframe to reciprocate said pin, whereby when said pin is moved towardsaid mold, it will enter the pastry tube therein, and when said plate islifted, said pin will lift such pastry tube from said mold, means whensaid pin is moved away from said mold to remove said pastry tube fromsaid pin, a trough on said plate rigid therewith and extendingsubstantially diagonally thereacross, a substantially vertical chuterigidly ixed to said frame with the inlet end of said chutesubstantially vertically aligned with the lower end of said trough andthe discharge end of said chute positioned over said carriers in thepath of movement thereof and positioned so as to be successively alignedtherewith after each intermittent advance of said conveyor adapted toinsert pastry tubes into successive carriers, means successively tocharge said pastry tubes, and means successively to remove the chargedpastry tubes from said carriers.

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